Build bikes · build skills · build futures
more than a bike.a way forward.
Every bike built in our workshops funds skills programmes — in schools before exclusion, and in prisons after.
- 4,000+people trained
- 45countries
- 2012building since
Taps into 'the IKEA effect' — that extra bit of affection people reserve for objects they put together themselves.
Financial Times, 2025
where we work.
build by yourself or as part of a educational programme
want to build your own?
Kits and workshops for complete beginners
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commissioning for a prison?
An OCN Level 2 course — people inside build a bike for their child.
see the prison programme →
running a school or college?
Real engineering in your classroom.
see the schools programme →easiest way to build a bke
Grown, not manufactured — it earns its place four ways.
- 80%of kits ship beyond the UK
- 45countries
- 3,500+frames built at home
BBC training & customer records
simple hand tools
A file, a saw, some sandpaper — everything else comes in the kit.
no experience needed
Most builders have never made anything before. We guide every step.
any age, anywhere
Built at kitchen tables in 45 countries, by people of all ages.
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built to last
Light, strong and it soaks up the road. These bikes get ridden hard.
Frame kits options
contents — tubes · lugs · jig · blueprint · video course
All frame kits →
Gravel Build.
A example of a complete build
Julian’s full gravel build, start to finish — filmed by builder Julian Goulding
Unique team building
Your team spends a day cutting, shaping and binding raw bamboo into frames that actually ride
build bikes. build skills. build futures.*
one craft. one engine for change.
* build the change you want to see — frames cut from grass, built by your own hands, funding accredited skills in schools and prisons.